Recent content by gatitcz

An adiutor would be a helper, an aid, an assistant. Knowing Natsumi and how she calls herself a supporting role, I'd probably translate it as solitary supporter.

Heh. You're right. Negi saving one girl or the other that has become par for the course to me, so I didn't even think about that. I still think there's been less than the Kyoto arc or the Mahora arc or even the first time they met the dragon, though. From this arc, I expect to see more of a...

Nodoka hasn't really developed much, either, in addition to Craig coming onto the scene. Not that she seems to have much interest in Craig, but I wonder how that'll affect the rankings.

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima Chapter 264 Spoiler Thread Al may very well be speaking literally, it wouldn't really surprise me, there are still a lot of questions about Asuna. However, you can read it as Al speaking metaphorically, too-- she's old for her age, her experiences have aged her. If...

Re: Mahou Sensei Negima Chapter 264 Spoiler Thread I did have this theory that the Mage of the Beginning, who I assume created the world and probably Fate, was an ancestor of Asuna's, and the founder of the Vespertatia royal line. I may be completely wrong, but when Fate said that Negi could...

It's probably just a plot device, but another possible reason: Kotaro said that Konoka's healing was an eastern-type spell when Negi cured his fever early in the MW arc (which really surprised me, those fans came from a western-style pactio, and she's been casting western-style spells since she...

The Latin for "gladiator" is actually "gladiator, -oris," it's 3rd declension so if there were a female form it probably wouldn't change. Maybe gladiatrix... "Gladiator" itself comes from the Latin "gladius," which means sword. The -arius suffix, as well as the -ulus suffix if we ever run into...